❓ Hon Barry House asks the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure about the case of Mr and Mrs Higginson, whose building plans in Baldivis are potentially affected by a proposed amendment to the Metropolitan Region Scheme. The Minister, Hon Adele Farina, states she does not have an answer.
AnsweredQoN 832Legislative Council
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(1) Is the minister aware that some time ago Mr and Mrs Higginson, the owners of lot 782 Jarvis Road, Baldivis, were advised by the City of Rockingham that the current town planning scheme allowed for one house per rural block and, on that basis, they proceeded to draw up house plans, with an architect and engineer siting them carefully to avoid the environmentally sensitive areas according to proposed metropolitan region scheme amendment 1050/33, and paying fees for the building application and septic requirements? (2) Is the minister also aware that Mr and Mrs Higginson proceeded only on the advice from government departments, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, that the MRS amendment was only a proposal at that time and would not have any impact on their desire to build their home? (3) In view of the fact that Mr and Mrs Higginson made their application and plans under the current legal position and the new proposals under MRS amendment 1050/33 have not yet been gazetted, why should their wish to build their home not proceed; or, at the very least, why will they not be compensated for the money outlaid on their plans? Hon ADELE FARINA
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. Regrettably, I do not have an answer. Perhaps the honourable member will ask the question again tomorrow. Hon Barry House : I submitted it two weeks ago so that I would get an answer today.
(2) Is the minister also aware that Mr and Mrs Higginson proceeded only on the advice from government departments, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, that the MRS amendment was only a proposal at that time and would not have any impact on their desire to build their home? (3) In view of the fact that Mr and Mrs Higginson made their application and plans under the current legal position and the new proposals under MRS amendment 1050/33 have not yet been gazetted, why should their wish to build their home not proceed; or, at the very least, why will they not be compensated for the money outlaid on their plans? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. Regrettably, I do not have an answer. Perhaps the honourable member will ask the question again tomorrow. Hon Barry House : I submitted it two weeks ago so that I would get an answer today.
(3) In view of the fact that Mr and Mrs Higginson made their application and plans under the current legal position and the new proposals under MRS amendment 1050/33 have not yet been gazetted, why should their wish to build their home not proceed; or, at the very least, why will they not be compensated for the money outlaid on their plans? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. Regrettably, I do not have an answer. Perhaps the honourable member will ask the question again tomorrow. Hon Barry House : I submitted it two weeks ago so that I would get an answer today.
Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. Regrettably, I do not have an answer. Perhaps the honourable member will ask the question again tomorrow. Hon Barry House : I submitted it two weeks ago so that I would get an answer today.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. Regrettably, I do not have an answer. Perhaps the honourable member will ask the question again tomorrow. Hon Barry House : I submitted it two weeks ago so that I would get an answer today.
Hon Barry House : I submitted it two weeks ago so that I would get an answer today.
(2) Is the minister also aware that Mr and Mrs Higginson proceeded only on the advice from government departments, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, that the MRS amendment was only a proposal at that time and would not have any impact on their desire to build their home? (3) In view of the fact that Mr and Mrs Higginson made their application and plans under the current legal position and the new proposals under MRS amendment 1050/33 have not yet been gazetted, why should their wish to build their home not proceed; or, at the very least, why will they not be compensated for the money outlaid on their plans? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. Regrettably, I do not have an answer. Perhaps the honourable member will ask the question again tomorrow. Hon Barry House : I submitted it two weeks ago so that I would get an answer today.
(3) In view of the fact that Mr and Mrs Higginson made their application and plans under the current legal position and the new proposals under MRS amendment 1050/33 have not yet been gazetted, why should their wish to build their home not proceed; or, at the very least, why will they not be compensated for the money outlaid on their plans? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. Regrettably, I do not have an answer. Perhaps the honourable member will ask the question again tomorrow. Hon Barry House : I submitted it two weeks ago so that I would get an answer today.
Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. Regrettably, I do not have an answer. Perhaps the honourable member will ask the question again tomorrow. Hon Barry House : I submitted it two weeks ago so that I would get an answer today.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. Regrettably, I do not have an answer. Perhaps the honourable member will ask the question again tomorrow. Hon Barry House : I submitted it two weeks ago so that I would get an answer today.
Hon Barry House : I submitted it two weeks ago so that I would get an answer today.
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